Wikipedia:ITN archives/2011/February

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 * The world's longest borehole, at 12,345 meters (40,502 ft) long, is drilled off the coast of the Russian island Sakhalin.
 * Hashim Thaçi remains Prime Minister of Kosovo after the Democratic Party wins an election in the disputed territory.
 * Marouf Bakhit is appointed the new Prime Minister of Jordan in a cabinet reshuffle by Abdullah II of Jordan, following mass protests.
 * President of Egypt Hosni Mubarak (pictured) announces he will not run for re-election after political unrest in the country.
 * British composer John Barry, known for writing the music to 11 films in the James Bond series dies at the age of 77.
 * Cyclone Yasi, the strongest cyclone to hit Australia in generations, makes landfall near Innisfail, Queensland.
 * IANA allocates the last free blocks of IPv4 internet addresses to the regional Internet registries. Transition to the next generation internet protocol IPv6 is in progress.
 * Thousands protest in Sana'a, the capital of Yemen, after Ali Abdullah Saleh (pictured) announces he will step down in 2013.
 * NASA's Kepler mission releases preliminary results that indicate over 1,200 candidate extrasolar planets, 54 of which are located in the habitable zone.
 * The Prime Minister of Burma, Thein Sein is named the new President of the country, following the 2010 general election.
 * After seven months of political gridlock, Jhala Nath Khanal is elected Prime Minister of Nepal by the country's Parliament.
 * The International Cricket Council bans Pakistani cricketers Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif, and Mohammad Amir for five years for spot-fixing.
 * Explosion of the Arab Gas Pipeline in Egypt's North Sinai Governorate suspends natural gas supplies to Israel and Jordan.
 * The Japan Sumo Association cancels a Grand Tournament for the first time in 65 years after a match-fixing controversy.
 * In American football, the Green Bay Packers defeat the Pittsburgh Steelers to win Super Bowl XLV.
 * A new round of clashes erupts between Cambodian and Thai soldiers over the area surrounding Preah Vihear Temple.
 * NASA's STEREO probes produce the first ever 3D images of the entire surface of the Sun.
 * After two weeks of protests across Egypt, the largest crowd gathers in Tahrir Square amid renewed calls for President Hosni Mubarak's resignation.
 * After more than two weeks of protests across Egypt (protesters pictured), President Hosni Mubarak resigns.
 * Anti-government protests are held across Algeria.
 * Anti-government protests are held in Algeria (pictured) and Yemen amid similar protests across the Arab world.
 * The discovery of a 3.2 million years-old bone of the species Australopithecus afarensis that indicates the human walk upward is announced.
 * The King's Speech wins seven awards, including best film, at the 64th British Academy Film Awards.
 * Lady Antebellum wins five Grammy Awards including Record of the Year, while Arcade Fire wins Album of the Year in the 53rd Grammy Awards.
 * Anti-government protests are held in Algeria, Bahrain and Yemen amid similar protests across the Arab world.
 * Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is indicted for allegedly hiring an under-age prostitute.
 * Chevron is fined $8.6 billion for Texaco's pollution of the Amazon region of Ecuador over a twenty-year period.
 * Chinese Railways Minister Liu Zhijun undergoes investigation for corruption after being sacked as ministry party chief.
 * Anti-government protests are held in Algeria, Bahrain, Iran and Yemen.
 * The People's Republic of China overtakes Japan as the world's second-largest economy by nominal GDP.
 * NASA probe Stardust flies by the comet Tempel 1, capturing images of the crater formed by the Deep Impact mission.
 * Anti-government protests are held in Algeria, Bahrain, Iran, Libya and Yemen.
 * IBM's artificial intelligence program Watson wins on the American quiz show Jeopardy! against two of the show's most prolific contestants.
 * In Operation Power Outage, conducted by the U.S. Eurasian Organized Crime Task Force, 74 members of the criminal organization Armenian Power are arrested in Southern California.
 * Belgium breaks the record for the longest time any country has been without a government.
 * Authorities open fire on demonstrators in Libya and Bahrain amid continuing protests across the Arab world.
 * The Iranian film Nader and Simin, A Separation, directed by Asghar Farhadi (pictured), wins the Golden Bear at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival.
 * In stock car racing, Trevor Bayne becomes the youngest person to ever win the Daytona 500.
 * The Libyan protests spread to the capital Tripoli as hundreds of protesters are reported dead.
 * A 6.3 magnitude earthquake hits the Canterbury region of New Zealand and the city of Christchurch in particular, causing major damage and at least 65 deaths.
 * Behgjet Pacolli is elected President of the Republic of Kosovo.
 * An Indian court convicts thirty-one people of perpetrating the 2002 Godhra train burning, which led to rioting in Gujarat.
 * STS-133, the final flight of Space Shuttle Discovery, launches from Kennedy Space Center.
 * Algeria lifts its 19-year-old state of emergency amid widespread protests in the country.
 * Russia launches the first GLONASS-K satellite, intended as part of the GLONASS global navigation satellite system.
 * The U.N. Security Council refers Libya to the International Criminal Court and imposes sanctions amid crackdowns on anti-government protesters.
 * Protests are held after Friday prayers in Iraq, Yemen, Tunisia, Egypt, Jordan and Bahrain amid continuing turmoil in the Middle East and North Africa.
 * Fine Gael win a plurality in the Irish general election.
 * The King's Speech wins four Academy Awards, including Best Picture.
 * Beji Caid el Sebsi becomes Prime Minister of Tunisia after Mohamed Ghannouchi resigned amid ongoing protests.